They’re going to hold their breath until your donation helps us honor CHS cheer’s 4th place finish at state in 2011. (Sylvia Arnold photo)
OK, cheer fanatics, I’m looking at you to put us over the top.
We are in the home stretch to restore 116 years of Coupeville High School sports title history to the gym walls, but need a little push to get over that finish line.
When I started this project, which will replace the 15 or so banners currently hanging at CHS with a display which will honor 112 titles won by Wolf sports teams and individuals, it was a daunting task.
But we’ve gotten there, step by step.
The Whidbey News-Times granted me rare access to their archives to do the research, the Booster Club stepped up with a financial donation to kick off things and school officials have been extremely helpful along the way.
Having raised my portion of the cost thanks to very generous donations, we’ve been working with the Whidbey Sign Company and the plan is to begin installation next week.
But, like most projects of this breadth, there are always a few twists and turns and late plot developments.
With this one, it was a late-in-the-game request from the CHS cheer fans to see their state meet accomplishments, including a state title in 2006, be acknowledged.
There will always be an argument over whether cheer is a sport or an activity, but these titles were won when the Wolves were a competition cheer squad, and I agree they should be hailed along side cross country, softball and all the other sports.
But…
This late addition threw off our budget, and we are sitting $440 shy of what we need as I type this.
So, I’m asking the cheer fans to do what baseball fans or track aficionados have done, step up and join us.
Skip your Starbucks for one day. Pull together the loose change from the couch. Chip in to preserve the history you, or your sister, or your daughter, accomplished.
Together, as one nation, Wolf Nation, we can make the impossible happen.
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